Paruro District

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Paruro
District
Paruro District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Cusco
Province Paruro
Capital Paruro
Government
 •  Mayor Adolfo Santiago Fernandez Baca Loaiza
Area
 • Total
153.42 km2 (59.24 sq mi)
Elevation
3,051 m (10,010 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
3,554
 • Density23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 081001

Paruro District is one of nine districts of the province Paruro in Peru. [1]

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.62%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.96% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

Climate

Climate data for Paruro, elevation 3,070 m (10,070 ft), (1991–2020)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)22.5
(72.5)		22.2
(72.0)		22.5
(72.5)		23.3
(73.9)		23.1
(73.6)		22.6
(72.7)		22.4
(72.3)		23.5
(74.3)		24.2
(75.6)		24.2
(75.6)		24.8
(76.6)		23.2
(73.8)		23.2
(73.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)7.9
(46.2)		7.9
(46.2)		7.4
(45.3)		5.4
(41.7)		2.3
(36.1)		0.7
(33.3)		0.3
(32.5)		2.3
(36.1)		4.8
(40.6)		6.4
(43.5)		7.1
(44.8)		7.3
(45.1)		5.0
(41.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)151.9
(5.98)		146.5
(5.77)		119.4
(4.70)		40.6
(1.60)		6.9
(0.27)		2.5
(0.10)		4.2
(0.17)		5.7
(0.22)		16.9
(0.67)		55.6
(2.19)		77.9
(3.07)		141.9
(5.59)		770
(30.33)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [3]

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ "Normales Climaticás Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

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